Vernon Smith, 81, a retired postal worker and Granbury resident, passed away Monday, Oct. 6, 2008, in Granbury. Funeral services for the World War II and Korean War U.S. Air Force veteran will be held at 11 a.m. today, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at Wiley Funeral Home. Burial will be in Acton Cemetery. It is requested that memorials be made to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105. The native of Chapman Ranch was born Aug. 28, 1927, to Worth Rockett Smith and Angeline Sophrenia Smith. He married Mary Ruth Finley, June 12, 1982, in DeSoto. Smith served on the Menard volunteer fire department while living there. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Mary Vieve Reed, Edith Lynell Everett, Wanda Lee Degal; brothers, Harley B. Smith, Marion Worth Smith. Survivors are his wife, Mary Smith of Granbury; children, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Brooks Smith of Granbury; Stephen L. and Shannon Smith of Marion, Cheri Ann and Eddie Trammell of Granbury; twelve grandchildren; three great grandchildren; sister, Bernice Ruth Ellis of Joshua; and extended family. Final arrangements were by Wiley Funeral Home.